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In Healthy Children's position paper, they are very clear that they consider the CLC and the IBCLC to be equal. In fact in much of their promotional material, they imply that the CLC is superior. From their website:
The Certified Lactation Counselor®, (CLC) certification is the premierNational Certification in Lactation Management for the United States.
If you review this document comparing roles it is clear they do not market as an entry level "breastfeeding helper".
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http://www.healthychildren.cc/PDFs/positionPaper_compRoles.pdf
They also have a second one week course that makes you an "Advanced Lactation CONSULTANT".
I think the intention is more than clear. They are marketing as THE credential.
And I come back to the question no one seems able to answer --how does a 1 week course confer a lactation credential? IMO, it suggests interest in breastfeeding, not clinical competency and certainly not a credential.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:49:13 -0400
From: Shannon Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: CLC/IBCLC
Hi,
This is my first time posting here but I would like to add something to this
conversation as I am a CLC.
I received my CLC through the Healthy Children Project trainings and they were
very clear that I (we) were not to represent ourselves as IBCLCs and that we did
NOT have the same amount of training or expertise as an IBCLC. They were very
insistent that we remember that we are entry level helpers that can help with
basic problems or with education but that we need to refer to IBCLCs once we saw
red (even yellow) flags.
In my area, most CLCs are fairly good at letting the public know we are not
IBCLCs so we should not be treated as such. I do not have the expertise nor have
demonstrated the same knowledge as an IBCLC though the exam. We can help with
the basics but that's about it. Maybe it's different in the rest of the country
or other areas.
Just my 2 cents.
Shannon, RN CLC
Wisconsin
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